HP LineJet series Compatibility

Printronix continues to deliver line matrix printers that are fully compatible with Hewlett-Packard's original line printer PCL-II and PJL. The HP LineJet series of printers were developed by Printronix specifically for HP and subjected to their rigorous system testing. Subsequently, this core system capability was delivered to the market in the Printronix P5000LJ product family. Now, this functionality, with the same high degree of compatibility has been elevated to the P7000platform. Below is a chart detailing the HP LineJet printer model with the corresponding new P7000 model and the required options:

Model Comparison

Required Options

HP MODEL

P7000 Model

Speed (LPM)

PCL

PrintNet Enterprise

Power Stacker

C3201D (500P)

P7005

500

X

C3201ND (500P)

P7005

500

X

X

C3202D (500Q)

P7205

500

X

C3202ND (500Q)

P7205

500

X

X

C3203D (1000P)

P7010

1000

X

C3203ND (1000P)

P7010

1000

X

X

C3204D (1000Q)

P7210

1000

X

C3204ND (1000Q)

P7210

1000

X

X

C3205D (1500P)

P7015

1500

X

C3205ND (1500Q)

P7215

1500

X

X

C5640D (1500QS)

P7215

1500 w/ Stacker

X

X

C5640ND (1500QS)

P7215

1500 w/ Stacker

X

X

X

P7000 LINE MATRIX PRINTERS

BEST OF BREED Printronix line matrix printers set the standard in the industry. The P7000line matrix platform features the lowest service cost, least expensive cost perprinted page, easiest user experience and longest-lasting ribbon available.

BUILT FOR CHANGEBy design, this framework has produced the best line matrix printer in Printronix history. The P7000 platform is even more reliable, and is future-proof. Because of its scalability, the P7000 could be the longest-lasting printer any organization will ever own.

SCALABLE INNOVATIVE BEST OF BREED BUILT FOR CHANGELINE MATRIX PLATFORM

SCALABLEDesigned to meet your printing demands today and adapt to match your future printing requirements. Your investment will be protected with Printronix upgrades to support emerging standards and innovations.

INNOVATIVEPrintronix invented line matrix printing and maintains a reputation as a technology leader in the printing industry, with innovative solutions to real-world challenges.

ENHANCED RELIABILITYNo other print technology delivers more trouble free high volume printing than a Printronix line matrix printer. Every generation of our printers has delivered higher quality and more reliability than its predecessor. Now the P7000 Series, with a wide range of design enhancements, carries the tradition forward delivering the most reliable Printronix printer ever. The result is more uptime, more mission critical dependability and lower service and operating costsRUGGED, COST EFFECTIVE AND VERSATILEThe P7000 offers unsurpassed reliability. When your application cannot be interrupted, look to the P7000 for maximum productivity. For cost control, this technology provides the edge needed, giving you the lowest cost per page output. It handles specialized forms that work for your application forms that can only be printed on a line matrix printer information reports, multi-part transaction documents and bar code labels.

ULTRA CAPACITY RIBBONS*Leadership by design also extends to our consumables. Customers turn to line matrix to get the lowest cost printing of any technology. Typically 10times less expensive than laser or serial matrix Printronix line matrix delivers significant cost savings in all high volume applications. To extend this benefit even further, Printronix has made significant investments in the design and testing of new fabrics, ink formulations, and ribbon construction. The highlight of these investments is a breakthrough ribbon that is at the heart of the P7000 family. Suitable for both text and bar code applications, the P7000 Ultra Capacity ribbon starts 20%darker and lasts 3X longer than our most popular 30 million character ribbons. With a 90 million character rated life, the number of user interventions are dramatically reduced. In addition to the labor savings from reduced consumable handling, the efficiency of this design results in an even lower cost per page

INTEGRATED PRINT MANAGEMENT SYSTEMThis system is designed to constantly monitor print quality - eliminating waste, maximizing ribbon life and reducing printing costs. Printronix has built in the intelligence and auto-sensing capabilities that provide visibility and control without any user set-up. This allows the system administrator to have precise control over print quality, consumable costs, and job planning. Add in PrintNet Enterprise and the visibility and control, along with instant e-mail alerts, comes right to your desktop - ideal for enterprise management of printing applications.

Interior room has been expanded to accommodate the P7000 Ultra Capacity ribbons, creating a 3X increase in ribbon capacity over previous pedestal models

Standard oversized casters make movement easier than ever

Versatility has also been enhanced with the ability for the paper path to be configured for either top or rear exit

Using the top paper exit along with newly refined eject key functionality this printer is ideal for short print runs and easy access to output

ENCLOSED CABINETThe enclosed cabinet models provide for near silent operation, making these printers perfectly suitable for use in the quietest of office environments. In addition, these models provide the best paper handling for large print runs. All input paper is sealed inside and protected from bumping and contamination. Even more importantly, an elegantly simple, but highly effective combination of moveable fences and chains allows for neat stacking all the way up to a full box of paper. For tougher forms that tend not to refold well, a SureStak power stacker option is available for the enclosed cabinet models. With this option, even the toughest forms can be printed and stacked neatly up to a full box. So, in either configuration, the enclosed cabinet models are your best choice for large unattended production printing applications.

INCREASED EASE OF USEIn creating the next generation of line printers, customer feedback was used to identify enhancements that would simplify operation, enhance the user experience and boost productivity.

The ribbon spool and hub have been redesigned to be fully self aligning and to snap on and off with ease

All user adjustment and control points are blue for fast operator identification

The control panel is color coded, with faster reacting keys

A Quick Setup menu simplifies and groups the most common setup parameters into one easily modified section

Automatic configuration saving prevents settings from accidentally being lost or reset

The platen gap adjustment system has been redesigned to separate the functions of opening/closing the platen and setting the gap. The gap is now set by a knob to match the form's characteristics, and once set, the platen can be opened and closed without affecting the gap setting, simplifying the loading of ribbons and forms

Platen adjustment feature

ASSET PROTECTION Today's IT environment is changing faster than ever and it is impossible to tell what is going to be required of your IT assets in the future. This is why anew PSA 3 controller with expanded memory and capabilities was developed especially for the P7000. Just as the P5000 was able to grow with a changing IT environment for nine fast-paced years, the P7000's new PSA3 controller provides all the base foundation and necessary room to grow with the next generation of changes. So, whether your needs evolve to new data streams or expanded wireless options, your investment will be protected with the P7000.

CONNECTIVITY AND COMPATIBILITYThe P7000 provides the most connectivity and emulation options available on any impact printer. Mix and match between wired Ethernet, wireless Ethernet, parallel, serial, Coax and Twinax. Couple this flexibility with automatic port switching and you can easily connect your new line matrix printer to multiple systems. Often this is an ideal solution for environments migrating between hosts. Available emulations include P-Series, PGL, VGL (Code-V), DEC LG, PCL 2, ANSI, IPDS, and the most common serial matrix languages. What is most important about all of these emulations and connectivity options is seamless compatibility. By design and through rigorous testing, the P7000 is able to seamlessly replace any previous Printronix line matrix printer and virtually any competing legacy impact product.

FLEXIBLE AND ADAPTABLEUnderstanding that often a simple modification to the application is just not possible, all P7000 printers come standard with the ability to intercept and modify a data stream before printing. Any changes can be corrected or modified to create the desired output without any costly host application modification.

ETHERNET WITH JOB CONTROLThere is a large installed base of coax and twinax connected line printers. Traditionally, migrating away from Twinax or coax to Ethernet eliminated the costly and inflexible infrastructure, but also eliminated the valuable job control. Now, with TN3270, TN5250, or the latest IPDS, the choice between cost/flexibility and control is eliminated. Using these new options, you can migrate to Ethernet printing and still maintain all the job control these mission critical applications require.

PRINTNET ENTERPRISESuccessful organizations are flexible enough to meet new requirements in a changing marketplace. PrintNet Enterprise provides this flexibility by placing total control of worldwide print operations in your IT network manager's hands. By combining a fully integrated Ethernet adapter and Java-based remote management software, this remote printer management tool provides:

Increased IT resource efficiency Centrally manage, organize and control Printronix printers remotely on a LAN/WAN and remotely control, configure, manage and monitor printers over the network

Complete compatibility Designed for upward compatibility to support and manage the entire Printronix family of future printers in a fast expanding network. These printers are fully compatible with existing Printronix line matrix, thermal bar code and fanfold printing solutions that frequently operate in the same enterprise network.

P7000ZT SERIESThe P7000ZT Series incorporates the industry leading features of the P7000pedestal model printers clamshell design, Ultra Capacity consumables and Integrated Print Management. Unique to the P7000ZT Series is the special push tractor configuration. This system enables you to print from the very first to the very last line of a form and then tear it off with no loss of forms. This series is ideal for applications requiring precise accounting of all forms or where forms are simply too expensive to waste. Especially, when each form is torn off and used individually, the elimination of waste between sheets can yield significant savings. The smart paper system automatically ejects the paper for tear off after the page or job is printed, and then retracts it as soon as the next job is sent. Or, at any time, you can use the Eject key to present or return forms as necessary for tear off.

COST SAVINGS AND RELIABILITYOften, lighter duty dot matrix printers are used for applications requiring zero form loss impact printing. However, as print volume and mission criticality increases, the economic viability of these printers rapidly diminishes. In contrast, the P7000ZT Series, using the Ultra Capacity ribbon, typically delivers a 10X consumable cost advantage over dot matrix. More importantly, the robustness of P7000ZT sixth generation line matrix technology helps avoid the highest cost of all in mission critical printing lost production due to downtime. This combination of high reliability and low operating cost makes these printers the ideal solution for demanding production applications.

PAPER HANDLING EASEThe smart paper system automatically ejects the paper for tear off after the page or job is printed, and then retracts it as soon as the next job is sent. Or, at any time, you can use the Eject key to present or return forms as necessary for tear off. Push tractor system eliminates forms loss P7000ZT

HIGH DEFINITION PRINTING WITH P7000HD SERIESThe cost savings, reliability and forms flexibility offered by Printronix line matrix printers continue to make this the best technology option for many critical print applications. The P7000HD Series extends the reach of applications that can benefit from this technology even further. As existing line matrix applications are migrated to new systems or new applications are developed, the traditional method of hard coding applications for a specific printer is diminishing. Instead, programmers are leveraging more general purpose Windows based tools that take advantage of a virtually limitless array of font styles, sizes and graphics, while avoiding any printer specific coding. The P7000HDprovides all the necessary print resolution and system capability to drop straight into these typical laser environments without any application modifications or special accommodations.

PRINT CAPABILITIESThese printers offer such high definition that items such as proportional spacing, complex fonts, logos, IPDS and super small point sizes look just as they are designed and intended at a fraction of the cost of laser. Using theP7000HD high performance Windows drivers, the application programmer designs the output to match their requirements without needing to worry about any limitations of the printer.

PRINT MECHANISMThe nominal print density for these printers is 180x180 dots per inch (DPI). Alternately, 120x120 and 90x180 DPI modes are available when image detail cane traded for speed. The printers incorporate special fine tip technology to produce much smaller dots than the standard P7000. All of this is driven by theP7000's PSA3 controller, which provides the necessary power to drive these complex graphics at full speed. The result is the sharpest highest quality image ever produced by Printronix.

ULTRA CAPACITY HD RIBBONSA special High Definition formulation of Ultra Capacity ribbon was developed for the P7000HD Series to handle the unique challenges of high detail fine point printing. Like the standard Ultra Capacity ribbon, this new formulation delivers a sharper, darker image for a greatly extended life. The result is reduced user intervention, improved print quality and the best cost per page. And, like all P7000 ribbons, they are fully supported by the Integrated Print Management system.

High definition shuttle designSharp image quality

P7000 OPTIONSA wide variety of paper handling options are available for the P7000 to help maximize performance in all applications.

Front Tray For applications that demand mobility, a front paper shelf allows the source paper to move with the printer. Also, raising the paper off the floor helps protect the media from damage. This shelf is strong enough and low enough to support a full box of paper.

Low Rear Tray This output tray is ideal for large print runs. An adjustable back bar keeps the paper aligned and neat even when stacking large quantities.

High Rear Tray This tray is ideal for applications where the printer is placed up against a wall and output stacks are limited to short runs. Since the tray is located near the top of the printer, access from the front is easy.

Front Paper Access This innovative option allows you to load paper and retrieve output from the front of the printer. This dramatically reduces the space required by the printer, since the rear can now be pushed into a corner or up against the wall (a minimum clearance of 4" must remain for the top cover to open). The adjustable front shelf allows you to select the correct balance between size of source stack and size of stack that can be retrieved from the rear.

SureStak Power Stacker Some forms that do to not refold well or tend to fluff up during printing may not stack properly with the passive stacking aids found in the standard quiet cabinet models. For these applications, a SureStak power stacker option is available. This device actually pulls the printed paper over the top of the print path and pushes it down into the stacking area. There, a series of paddle wheels actually refold the forms tightly, so even the toughest forms can be printed and stacked neatly up to a full box.

Note: The forms guidelines above must be followed closely, these models push the paper and will not work if the form is very light weight or has other special features which make feeding difficult, if your form is questionable, it is best to send a sample to your dealer for review prior to purchasing a unit

MEDIA TYPES P7000 AND P7000HD SERIES

Width 3" (76mm) to 17" (432mm)

Copies P7000 - Up to 6 partsP7000HD Up to 4 parts

Weight 15 to 100 lbs. up to 0.025" thickness56 to 163 gm/mm up to .64mm thickness

This assembly mutes the sound emanating from the paper exit slot to quiet the printer by a significant 4 dBA. This is an ideal solution for any pedestal printer operating near people trying to work. The shroud features a self-guiding paper path and easy tilt away design for ready access to the media.

Extended Forms Support

Quiet cabinet models cannot be quiet if forms are too large to allow the doors to shut. To solve this problem, the P7000 can be equipped with optional extended doors. Kits are available with one or two extended doors to fit your application. A single extended door will support forms up to14" in length. Two doors will allow up to 17" long forms to fit inside with all door closed.

Print Speed

LPM

upper case characters

lower case characters

High Speed

500

428

1000

856

1500

1289

2000

1700

Data Processing

375

300

750

600

1125

900

1500

1200

Near Letter Quality

200/

154

400

306

600

459

800

615

Graphics Speed

60 x 48 dpi

63125187250

60 x 72 dpi

4283127167

90 x 96 dpi

21426183

Paper Feed Speed (IPS)

12202538.5

Character Pitch10,12,13.3,15,17.1,20 (except NLQ for 20 pitch) (char. per inch)

* Specification is based on 25% vertical page density, meaning print image exists on 25% of the available vertical dot rows, if the vertical coverage is higher or lower, the speed will decrease or increase proportionately, the width of the image has no affect on print speed

All printing is done via P7000HD high performance Windows drivers, this will allow for seamless printing of PDF documents and other popular Windows based WYSIWYG applications; in most cases, a P7000HD can be used in place of a typical Windows connected laser printer with no application